CommonGround
2008
Mindful Innovations
The
Role of the Coach
Nancy Kleaver
Director of School Programs, DreamYard
Project
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Coaching to improve
practice - an approach for learning at
any age
Participants
will briefly be introduced to DreamYard's
TA coaching program by our coaches themselves.
We will share context for the program
and our observations on how the program
has affected TA practice and organizational
culture. Through a series of exercises,
role plays, and small group discussions,
participants will experience the coaching
process in action and be guided in thinking
how coaching strategies can be used for
learners of any age or setting.
Conference Strand:
Core Knowledge
Educators: will
know the optimal conditions for giving
and receiving coaching feedback and the
characteristics of an effective action
plan for achieving personal growth goals.
Artists: will
understand that all learners have different
needs. Coaches must be astute in identifying
learner needs and flexible in
their approaches to addressing
them.
Cultural
Organization Administrators: will
understand that coaching is a process
that takes time and patience, and
a collaboration that requires shared
responsibility to be successful.
Education Administrators: will
be able to give clear and useful feedback,
help create a coachee action plan that
addresses a specific skill, and apply
a coaching process similar to DreamYard’s
to their own specific context.
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Nancy
Kleaver is
the Director of School Programs for
the DreamYard Project in the Bronx,
where she oversees professional development
and the new Bronx Arts Learning Community
initiative. Previously, she served
as the Associate Program Director
for Young Audiences New York, Program
Director of the New York State's
Council on the Arts' Empire State
Partnerships (both in NYC), and
Education Coordinator of the Hangar
Theater in Ithaca. Nancy graduated
from Binghamton University, where
she studied theater and sociology.
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